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Spem In Alium - Sing and Glorify
Thomas Tallis

Chapelle du Roi

Spem In Alium - Sing and Glorify

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212004722
Catnr: SIGCD 047
Release date: 01 August 2003
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Signum Classics
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0635212004722
Catalogue number
SIGCD 047
Release date
01 August 2003
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Spem in alium is surely not just the greatest of all Thomas Tallis’ musical achievements, but one of the great musical compositions of all time. Writing for 40 independent voices, Thomas Tallis created a noble and imaginative masterpiece.

The earliest surviving manuscript of this great work, the Egerton manuscript, is laid out with an English rendition, Sing and glorify heaven’s high majesty. The English words are not a translation of the Latin, but a new poem written as a syllable-for-syllable replacement.

The new editions of both these works were launched by Chapelle du Roi at a concert at St.John's Smiths Square in 2001 before being recorded for Signum Records. Until then Sing and Glorify had not been performed in this country for more than twenty years, since the evening before the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.

The exciting young vocal ensemble Chapelle du Roi, whose recordings of the complete works of Thomas Tallis for Signum Records have gained widespread acclaim, here present a recording based on an entirely new edition researched from original sources by Chapelle du Roi’s director, Alistair Dixon.

Nieuwe edities van de Latijnse en Engelse Spem in Alium
Het opwindende vocale ensemble Chapelle du Roi, wiens opnames van het volledige oeuvre van Thomas Tallis wijdverspreid gewaardeerd worden, presenteert hier een opname gebaseerd op een volledig nieuwe editie, berust op wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar oorspronkelijke bronnen door de artistiek leider van het ensemble, Alistair Dixon.

Spem in alium is niet alleen Tallis' de grootste muzikale prestatie, maar behoort ook tot de grootste composities aller tijden. Tallis creëerde met dit werk een nobel en fantasierijk meesterwerk voor 40 onafhankelijke stemmen. Het oudste overgeleverde manuscript van dit geweldige werk, het Egerton manuscript, is aangevuld met een nieuwe Engelse versie, Sing and glorify heaven’s high majesty. Deze Engelse tekst is geen directe vertaling vanuit het oorspronkelijke Latijn, maar een nieuw gedicht, dat de oude tekst lettergreep voor lettergreep vervangt.

De nieuwe edities van beide werken werden door Chapelle du Roi ten gehore gebracht tijdens een concert op St. John’s Smiths Square in 2001, voordat ze werden opgenomen. Tot die tijd werd Sing and Glorify al meer dan 20 jaar niet meer in Engeland uitgevoerd, sinds de avond voor de bruiloft van Prins Charles en Diana Spencer.

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Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis was an English composer who occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music, and is considered one of England's greatest composers. He is honoured for his original voice in English musicianship. No contemporary portrait of Tallis survives: that painted by Gerard Vandergucht (illustration), dates from 150 years after Tallis died, and there is no reason to suppose that it is a likeness. In a rare existing copy of his black letter signature, the composer spelled his last name 'Tallys.' Tallis is known for his work with William Byrd. He started to teach the much younger Byrd at the Chapel Royal in London. Later, they were both appointed as organists of the Chapel. 
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Thomas Tallis was an English composer who occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music, and is considered one of England's greatest composers. He is honoured for his original voice in English musicianship. No contemporary portrait of Tallis survives: that painted by Gerard Vandergucht (illustration), dates from 150 years after Tallis died, and there is no reason to suppose that it is a likeness. In a rare existing copy of his black letter signature, the composer spelled his last name "Tallys." Tallis is known for his work with William Byrd. He started to teach the much younger Byrd at the Chapel Royal in London. Later, they were both appointed as organists of the Chapel.


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